Culture in an Age of Money: The Legacy of the 1980s in America [Hardcover]

Nicolaus Mills (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0929587359 | ISBN-13: 978-0929587356 | Publication Date: July 1, 1990

Fifteen brilliant essays on the kind of culture created by the magic of the marketplace in 1980s America, from architecture to the yuppie ascendancy. Amusing, caustic and cleverly written....What makes Culture in an Age of Money fun to read is its refreshing candor. --New York Times

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

All but a few of the 15 essays that form this book originally appeared in the left-of-center opinion magazine Dissent. Each essay critically examines touchstones of what editor Mills calls the "conservative culture of the 1980s." Among the best pieces are Herman Schwartz's "Civil Rights and the Reagan Court," Robert Reich's look at corporate takeovers in "A Culture of Paper Tigers," Sean Wilentz's profile of Jerry Falwell in "The Trials of Televangelism," and Mark Caldwell's "The Literature of AIDS." This intelligent collection nicely complements John Taylor's Circus of Ambition ( LJ 8/89), another questioning look back at the Eighties. Recommended especially for libraries lacking Dissent. -- Kenneth F. Kister, Tampa, Fla.
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A stinging indictment of the Reagan era for its effects on both highbrow and popular culture...The targets are many and the attacks are proudly partisan. (The Progressive )

Curious and tantalizing...a benchmark not of the present but of history. (Bell, Daniel )

Amusing, caustic, and cleverly written. (Herbert Mitgang New York Times )

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 254 pages
• Publisher: Ivan R Dee (July 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0929587359
• ISBN-13: 978-0929587356
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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